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DeBell, Matthew; Krosnick, Jon A.; Gera, Katie; Yeager, David S.; McDonald, Michael P. – Sociological Methods & Research, 2020
Postelection surveys regularly overestimate voter turnout by 10 points or more. This article provides the first comprehensive documentation of the turnout gap in three major ongoing surveys (the General Social Survey, Current Population Survey, and American National Election Studies), evaluates explanations for it, interprets its significance, and…
Descriptors: Voting, National Surveys, Elections, Computation
Menard, Lauren A. – Online Submission, 2013
Age and Time disparities in young adult research populations are common because young adults are defined by varying age spans; members of Generation X and Millennial generations may both be considered young adults; study years vary, affecting populations; and qualitative methods with limited age/year samples are frequently utilized. The current…
Descriptors: Generational Differences, Young Adults, Theories, Age Differences
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Humble, Aine M.; Keefe, Janice M.; Auton, Greg M. – International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 2012
Using the concept of "retirement congruency" (RC), which takes into account greater variation in retirement decisions (low, moderate, or high RC) than a dichotomous conceptualization (forced versus chosen), multinomial logistic regression was conducted on a sample of caregivers from the 2002 Canadian General Social Survey who were…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Retirement, Decision Making, Personal Autonomy